Re: Another problem on another machine
James Velguth <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:52:33 -0600
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On 6/11/2011 7:30 AM, Carl Karsten wrote: > Take a picture of the screen, post it to > http://imagebin.org/?page=add > > and hopfully you hae a 2nd box you can download/burn a live cd > > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Robert Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: >> --- On Sat, 6/11/11, James Velguth<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: James Velguth<[email protected]> >> Subject: [LUNI] Another problem on another machine >> To: "Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion"<[email protected]> >> Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011, 1:16 AM >> >> My operating system has quit working. I was running Ubuntu 9.10 and >> left it running while I went out. When I returned it didn't work. When >> I boot I get messages that it can't find /dev, /sys, /proc on root and >> /sbin/init not found. It also says try parsing init=bootarg but I have >> not idea how to do this. I know this is rather vague description but I >> am hoping someone has seen this and know what to do. >> >> Many thanks in advance to anybody who can give me an idea how to get >> this working again. >> >> Jim >> -- >> >> Have you tried booting up on a Live CD and mounting your drive to have a look see? That would be my first step. >> >> Rob >> >> -- >> Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion >> http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni >> > How can I take a picture of the screen when it won't boot up. > > Actually let me be more correct. I have 2 external hard drives both > running Ubuntu. The first one died 2 months ago so I loaded the > second. The second one had the Firefox that fades out. When using #2 I > can plug in #1 and #2 will recognize its there but tells me. wrong fs > type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdd1. > > When I try to boot #1 I get all the can't find on root message mentioned before but I can type help for available commands and I can change directories. It looks like its all there but I don't know how to adjust it to make it work. I'd rather use #1. Thanks again -- Linux Users Of Northern Illinois (Chicago) - Technical Discussion http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni